JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 8(10): 957-964, doi: 10.3217/jucs-008-10-0957
Mental Models to Represent Dynamics - Using the Example "factorial"
expand article infoGisbert Dittrich‡
‡ Dept. of Informatics, Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

Corresponding author: Gisbert Dittrich ( gisbert.dittrich@udo.edu )

© Gisbert Dittrich.
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Citation: Dittrich G (2002) Mental Models to Represent Dynamics - Using the Example "factorial". JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 8(10): 957-964. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-008-10-0957
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Abstract
To use hypertext/hypermedia elements in teaching at universities an author not only needs knowledge of the technological possibilities. In addition he/she has to renew a here so called mental model of the relevant aspects of the material to be transferred. For the author, this last mentioned problem seems to be a central and often very complicated and time consuming one.
Keywords
mental model, presentation of dynamics, animation